Supreme Court of India

Yogesh Singh v. Mahabeer Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 7 S.C.R. 713
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 20 October 2016

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We hold that there is no material discrepancy in the medical and ocular evidence and there is no reason to interfere with the judgments of the Courts below on this ground.

Judgment, page 28

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s.149 - Murder - Head severed from trunk- Incident witnessed by daughter and also father of the deceased - Trial court convicted six persons - High Court acquitted the accused persons­ respondents - Appeal against acquittal by son of the deceased - Held: It was not the case of the accused that they were prejudiced by the alleged delay in dispatch of the FIR to the nearest Magistrate competent to take cognizance of such offence - Non-recording of certain relevant entries in the inquest report did not constitute a material defect so grave to throw out the

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